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Chemical and biological structure and transport of a cool filament associated with a jet-eddy system of northern California in July 1986 (OPTOMA21)The distributions of nutrient, pigment, bio-optical, and physical variables were mapped in a jet-eddy system off Point Reyes and Point Arena, California, from July 7 to 19, 1986, in order to describe the 3D variability of the filament and its relation to the nutrient and phytoplankton distributions offshore, to examine the interaction between the filament and coastal water, and to estimate the transport of nutrients and phytoplankton by the jet system. Several cool filaments were distinguishable at distances of more than 35-50 km from the coast in satellite imagery during this period. The juxtaposition of these features as well as the presence of an offshore anticyclone and a cyclone south of the filament anchored to the coast at Point Arena led to complex patterns in all variables, aided by the apparent alongshore variability in the source of upwelled water. This structure has implications for the fluxes of organic material in the region and is probably significant in organizing the interactions among different trophic levels within the system.
Document ID
19920035400
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Jones, Burton H.
(Southern California, University Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Mooers, Christopher N. K.
(Miami, University FL, United States)
Rienecker, Michele M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Stanton, Tim
(U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA, United States)
Washburn, Libe
(California, University Santa Barbara, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
December 15, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 96
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
92A18024
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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